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The Quaker Girl.

There was a large attendance at the ' above performance last evening, prac- ' tically every pailable seat in the ' Town Hall being occupied. There is no doubt the Merry Widow Opera' 1 - k Company establishd themselves as J favorites with Cambridge audiences,--!® for' their two appearances to date —“Our Miss Gibbs” some twelve months ago and “The .Quaker Girt” last night—have produced record , attendances. Of the; merits of. the ; • ■ programme, there is general' appifp- ■ bation, all the artists carrying ,oM their respective parts clearly ‘ ,4hcl - pleasingly. Tony Chute and Jererafah ’ provided the brighter suk> -o^ttie.Entertainment, and Messrs O’Cwiiwr ; and Nicholson acted as if to the ' born. In fact their comicail'.ies and' . droll remarks nr.lie brought down !h- v -- ‘ house. When it came to the tragedy,- ' however, the Chief of French Police . *- (H. Charters), though rather exag- - " gerated as to costume and make-up, : was “out on his own.” As the Prin- ' cess Miss Ida Leggatt was excellent," and carried her part-through with ,- ' reserve and distinction, brightening -, : > it adroitly as occasion required. Madame Blum, the part allocated Miss' Bertha Hunter, was clever and quite • 1 ! amusing times. But Prudence, the’ ■« Quaker Gi«l (Miss Miller) easily • headed the list as a favorite, - her - - presentation of the demure country-* bred girl of Quaker parentage win. later is one of the ma'nikihV tvf fashionable millinery’ establishment' in Paris, was indeed excelhmt. Miss J Palmer s Phoebe, the maid, was amus- ■ ■& ing, and her joint work with Jeremiah; ■ A evoked hearty applause.. All the other f “’A parts were well sustained, and the ‘i companyjs assured of another bumper ' ft house at their next appearance in. - Cambridge. -Ay

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Waikato Independent, Volume XVIII, Issue 1402, 22 January 1914, Page 5

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The Quaker Girl. Waikato Independent, Volume XVIII, Issue 1402, 22 January 1914, Page 5

The Quaker Girl. Waikato Independent, Volume XVIII, Issue 1402, 22 January 1914, Page 5